jaysmiter wrote:OK...then don't play in or take a role in a game that has a lower time limit.

Complaining about a lower time limit is the same as complaining about a higher time limit.

I probably won't. Just saying that lower limits means your penalizing people for having life happen.

How is having lower limits penalizing people for "having life happen"? If something happens, shoot me a PM and we can work something out, secretly. If you can't make the deadline for some reason, we can work something out, secretly. It's not rocket surgery. If you're a bad guy, you have other people to work with that could fill in. If you're the angel, you're going to protect yourself (and if you have a different idea, send it to me before "life happens"), if you're the seer or the vig...take a guess, you'll do that anyway. I'm sure any other mod would feel the same way and do the same stuff...in fact, I know I've had some times when I needed to send PMs, but knew I wasn't going to be around and worked something out with the mod previously (or my team). It's not hard.

Oh, and if "life happens" so hard, the last thing you should be worrying about is this game, no matter what the time limit is. "Life happened" to NAN last game and he gave up his position. Probably didn't have to, but he did. (was it NAN, I forget already)

(the "you's" are general, by the way)

The limits are in place to keep the game flowing as is. If "life happens" and a deadline is missed the game is supposed to continue whether all RPer PMs are in or not. As for trivializing the actions of RPers like you did that's again not how the game is played or meant to be played. Not everyone uses every role the same so to say that the Angel is just going to protect themselves or that the Seer is just going to guess is not even close to correct. The game is played in such a way that strategy should be continually evolving not set in stone. That's what makes these games fun, the constant change in things happening and the critical thinking it should trigger.

That being said. If you are a mod please lay out all the rules to your game in the first post of the sign-up and game-play thread. It makes things very clear for everyone.

I'm not sure what the right answer is, but there needs to be a better balance. Very short night time limits obviously affect the bad players adversely. However, when the nights consistently last 8-12 hours it goes too far the other way. People get too anxious and the next day tends to fly by with very little thought.

the wicked child wrote:I'm not sure what the right answer is, but there needs to be a better balance. Very short night time limits obviously affect the bad players adversely. However, when the nights consistently last 8-12 hours it goes too far the other way. People get too anxious and the next day tends to fly by with very little thought.

the wicked child wrote:I'm not sure what the right answer is, but there needs to be a better balance. Very short night time limits obviously affect the bad players adversely. However, when the nights consistently last 8-12 hours it goes too far the other way. People get too anxious and the next day tends to fly by with very little thought.

Ok, well i won't get into it more, but it seems like this whole thing is an overreaction to it happening all of twice this game. And you can probably count on one the number of times it's taken that long in the past 10 games.

disclaimer: I'm not whining or being un-open to your input. I'm just curious as to how often this is actually happening that it needs to be addressed. Make whatever rules you want as a mod.

I'm trying not to have time limits because they are stupid. People are just overreacting because we only go through 1 day phase and 1 night phase a day. Which is fine with me, if i was playing. There were some days that went with 3 or 4 day/night phases and totally ruins the game for others. Slower games should be more participation from all, but this is not day phases are over in like 2 hours and then we wait for RP's forever.

the wicked child wrote:I'm not sure what the right answer is, but there needs to be a better balance. Very short night time limits obviously affect the bad players adversely. However, when the nights consistently last 8-12 hours it goes too far the other way. People get too anxious and the next day tends to fly by with very little thought.

The people get anxious comment is true but again you guys signed up for whatever game you were playing. This isn't even mentioning that if you can't wait twelve hours for the next phase to begin that this game is most likely not for you. Along with the critical thinking I mentioned earlier patience is a part of this game and actually gives you time to look things over. It's only a bigger issue here because people can't keep their mouths shut at night. Any other place you would play this game the threads are locked at night.(the man/woman power here doesn't allow for that I understand that) However it's not the mod of the game or the RPers faults that people can't wait up to 12 hours for the next phase to begin.

As for not having any time limits... that's again up to the mod and it was stated before the game however time limits are in place for the game to continue. Given that can be tweaked at times for day phases especially in the end game. However night phases should ALWAYS have a time limit.

jaysmiter wrote:Here's my plan for next round...fast time limits for RPs but, after doing my random.org, I plan on sending feeler PMs. They would state something like "You have been selected to be an RP, do you have the time/do you want to do it?"

If they answer yes, their role is revealed. If no, they will be assigned to a regular villager.

Can anyone see any major flaws in this plan that I can't because I thought of it?

jaysmiter wrote:Here's my plan for next round...fast time limits for RPs but, after doing my random.org, I plan on sending feeler PMs. They would state something like "You have been selected to be an RP, do you have the time/do you want to do it?"

If they answer yes, their role is revealed. If no, they will be assigned to a regular villager.

Can anyone see any major flaws in this plan that I can't because I thought of it?

I'm really just baffled that 12 hours at most is too long for people. That being said I guess it can't hurt to try this "speed" format. It will be easier to pick out RPers though considering it's pretty widely known who's online a lot and who isn't.

Pavel Bure wrote:I'm really just baffled that 12 hours at most is too long for people. That being said I guess it can't hurt to try this "speed" format. It will be easier to pick out RPers though considering it's pretty widely known who's online a lot and who isn't.

Because, Pavel...apparently, that's how most of us on this board like to play. That might not be the case everywhere else, but that's how a good portion of us enjoy it.

Pavel Bure wrote:I'm really just baffled that 12 hours at most is too long for people. That being said I guess it can't hurt to try this "speed" format. It will be easier to pick out RPers though considering it's pretty widely known who's online a lot and who isn't.

Because, Pavel...apparently, that's how most of us on this board like to play. That might not be the case everywhere else, but that's how a good portion of us enjoy it.

Also, I'm not quite sure how 8 hours is a "speed" format.

Like I said if it works, it works. And 8 hours really isn't that much of a shortening. Just doesn't make sense how impatient people are that a 4 hour difference in deadlines would be that big of a deal. I will say it doesn't give everyone equal opportunity to be a RPer which is the basis for the random picking. Might as well try it though.